This place is, without a doubt, the worst zoo I’ve personally ever been to. It was about 8-ish years ago, but I’ve recently been curious so I looked at some reviews and photos from recent months and it seems nothing has changed. It was a while ago, so the details are fuzzy, but from what I can...
Here is a description (done by me) of the 24 extant species of Crocodilian (there may be 25 but I chose not to include Crocodylus raninus). Note that ranges are based off of their NATIVE ranges - there are a few populations of a few species outside of their native ranges, those aren't being...
There is a clutch of fertile gahrial eggs in Zoo Protivín! Already! The pair is there since 29th October, looks they get used to theit new environment well. 15 eggs in the clutch, sadly the male managed to damage some so "only" 7 more or less undamaged eggs are incubating. Fingers crossed...
CRARC (Centre de Recuperaci? de R?ptils Aut?ctons de Catalunya) is a breeding centre for autoctonous reptiles and amphibians. as well as keeping a collection of exotic herps, most of them abandoned pets or smuggling ring confiscations.
Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodylus), both found in...